cthunig thanks for novel!! whenever i ask someone about living in soho/london they just say "yea its great!! ect. ect." its nice to hear that the film industry is good over there. The only way i can deal with high living cost is if I get a job I guess, but that does not really bother me because I live on very little money as it is right now being in college in all!

thanks smooth! as far as the takeover goes: since the deal was made it's business as usual. as someone from the lower ranks i didn't notice anything whatsoever.

here are some close-up views. unfortunately i have all the larger files from Troy zipped up on a disk at home in Germany, so all i have here is film res. :?

the city is a slight paint over of a 3D element provided by the city-team

P.Nagle, yup- i believe it's tough here without a steady job, though i do know some people who get by quiet well despite longer gaps between projects. don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that you need to starve if you work in vfx here, i simply reckon that with the insane rents and all there's a little less left at the end of the month than in, let's say, Wellington or whatever. sounds like you're prepared anyway. :-) where are you studying?

Ya the Mississippi is pretty cool the frist time you see it! I am planning on doing a period shot of minneapolis along the river around 1900 some time here i just have to compile reference photos! It should be fun though.

Hi cthunig !
Your works are very great!
Your matte painting of 'Troy' was so cool. I love it!
I'll try to build a huge chinese ancient city for my personal projact.Could you give some suggestion to me how to treat with it ?